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Paint and Party Instructors

Vanessa in her art fair booth.

Vanessa Lacy is the owner and one of the instructors for Paint and Party KC. She has a passion for Kansas City, painting its urban street scenes with vibrant colors and expressive brush marks. Along with instructing painting parties, she has taught elementary art for 9 years, teaches private painting lessons, and participates in local and national art fairs. You can find her work at the Phoenix Gallery's Plaza location and Art and Frame Warehouse near Zona Rosa or check out her website: www.vanessajadelacy.comWhen instructing a Paint and Party KC class, she is part comedian, part artist. Come for a laugh, a drink, and go home with a cityscape painting to celebrate your city!

Alex plein air painting at Brush Creek.

Alex Hamil is an artist who wears many hats though he's most often seen in his KC Royals ballcap. As a former instructor in digital technology, philosophy and the humanities, Alex's true passion is teaching visual art in the classroom setting. Currently serving as the Director of Brush Creek Art Walk, Kansas City's largest outdoor painting event, Alex encourages his fellow artists to challenge their studio skills and step outside on occasion, thereby improving on their visual art skills in observational work.

Tarin and his best friend, Max.

​Tarin Eicher is a local Kansas City based artist with a studio in the Historic West Bottoms. Tarin has taught classes in Drawing, Painting and Foundation Studies at the Art Institutes International Kansas City as well as Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City Art Institute and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Tarin holds a B.F.A. in Illustration and an M.F.A. in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design.Tarin enjoys spending time with friends in his studio, engaging in critical thinking and most of all his dog Max.

Cynthia E. Chilen is a local Kansas City artist. She has a BFA in Textile Design from UMASS. After moving from Massachusetts to KC to work for Hallmark Cards, she chose to stay and raise a family.Cynthia loves all things related to nature and wildlife. She especially enjoys showing people that they can create art, and helps them get over their inhibitions about it with humor and charm.​You can see examples of her work at cynthiachilen.com.